The Tracy Family Foundation has issued Quincy University a $50,000 2:1 Challenge grant for a Franciscan Retreat Center renovation project. The University must match $100,000 in order to receive the grant.

The Quincy University Masters of Education in Counseling program, in conjunction with Chi Omega, recently made a $300 donation to the Well House.

The Quincy University Office of Student Affairs will host the 1st Annual QU Serves at the Abbey on Friday, February 22.

Quincy University has been awarded $171,900 from the Marion Gardner Jackson Charitable Trust.

The Quincy University Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization is hosting an entrepreneurial expo in recognition of National Entrepreneurship Week.

Quincy University seniors, Jennifer Wingerter of Quincy and Samantha Nielsen of Arlington Heights, have been named the 2013 recipients of the Phyllis J. Dopp Award for excellence in communication.

Chi Omega, the QU chapter of Chi Sigma Iota (CSI), has won the CSI Counselor's Bookshelf contest. CSI is an international academic and honor society for professional counselors.

Jennifer Mead Gervasi has been named as the recipient of the 2012 President's Award by Leadership Illinois.

The entire Quincy University community is saddened by the loss of William (Bill) O'Donnell. The 1973 graduate had served as director of Alumni Services since 2008 and was previously a member of the university's board of trustees.

The Hermeneutics of the Apostolic Proclamation: The Center of Paul's Method of Scriptural Interpretation, the first book from Assistant Professor of Theology Matthew Bates, PhD.